First day of rehearsal, February 26, 2026 In alphabetical order... Samara Adell , the Company's Artistic Director for Dance, is the Choreographer. She will be exploring many different styles of dance for this production. Samara also dances the title role of Cassandra. Nina Brewton , dancing with MDTC since the first production in 2003, performs as a member of the dance ensemble. She also performed in the past Hawaiian, Tahitian, Māori (New Zealand) and Samoan dances with seve

PRELIMINARIES ABOUT THE PRODUCTION   November 10, 2025 Mosaic Dance Theater Company announces a world premiere production of CASSANDRA: AN ONGOING TRAGEDY by award-winning playwright Ruth Cantrell, scheduled for October 2026 in Montclair, NJ. As you recall from Greek mythology, Cassandra was a princess of Troy. She was blessed with the gift of prophecy by the god Apollo, but when she spurned his sexual advances, he turned her gift into a curse. Cassandra’s prophecies would be

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